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A Lit Up Onion

Buffoonery, twaddle and terrific tunes for night owls across the UK with the Dark Lord.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Tue 24 Jun 201402:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bryan Adams

    Can't Stop This Thing We Started

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Damon Albarn

    Mr Tembo

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 001.

  • Altered Images

    Don't Talk to Me About Love

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Cheryl

    Fight For This Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Coldplay

    A Sky Full Of Stars

    • BBC Music Awards (Various Artists).
    • UMOD.

  • Natalie Cole

    This Will Be

    • Women In Love (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • The Common Linnets

    Calm After The Storm

    • Eurovision Song Contest Copenhagen 2014.
    • Universal.
    • 009.

  • Danny Wilson

    The Second Summer Of Love

    • The No.1 Summer Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.

  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Showdown

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Cass Elliot

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • Bubble Gum, Lemonade & Something for Mama.
    • Dunhill.
    • 12.

  • George Ezra

    Budapest

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • The Four Seasons

    The Night

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 9.

  • Michael Franti & Spearhead

    I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 001.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Come Back and Finish What You Started

    • Gladys Knight & The Pips - Singles Al.
    • Pro-Tv.

  • David Gray

    Snow In Vegas

    • Mutineers.
    • IHT RECORDS.
    • 006.

  • Greyhound

    Black And White

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Alan Jackson

    Thank God for the Radio

  • Gloria Jones

    Tainted Love

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Meanwhile Up In Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline International.
    • 001.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Give It Up

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • M

    Pop Muzik

    • Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    A New England

    • From Croydon To Cuba... An Anthology.
    • Virgin.

  • Mamas Gun

    Red Cassette

    • (CD Single).
    • Candelion.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

    • Telstar.

  • James Morrison

    Broken Strings (feat. Nelly Furtado)

    • Polydor.

  • Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Old Crow Medicine Show

    Sweet Amarillo

  • Gregory Porter

    No Love Dying

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • Prince

    When Doves Cry

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Runaway

    • X.
    • Atlantic.
    • 9.

  • The Supremes

    Baby Love

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Texas

    Inner Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Midge Ure

    Become

    • (CD Single).
    • Hypertension-Music.
    • 001.

  • Ben Watt

    Forget

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline International.
    • 1.

  • Wham!

    The Edge Of Heaven

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Jun 201402:00
    BBC Radio 2

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